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What Does the Bible Say About Foreigners?

Here are 11 Bible verses about foreigners, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Leviticus 19:33-34

    And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

    BSBWhen a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  2. #2Exodus 23:9

    Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

    BSBDo not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  3. #3Exodus 22:21

    Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

    BSBYou must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  4. #4Deuteronomy 10:19

    Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

    BSBSo you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  5. #5Leviticus 19:34

    But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

    BSBYou must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  6. #6Hebrews 13:2

    Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

    BSBDo not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

  7. #7Psalms 146:9

    The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

    BSBThe LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

  8. #8Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

    BSB“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

  9. #9Matthew 25:35

    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

    BSBFor I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

  10. #10Leviticus 24:22

    Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.

    BSBYou are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

  11. #11Ephesians 2:19

    Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

    BSBTherefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

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